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Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday chaired the State-level Natural Calamity Committee meeting and directed enhancement of preparedness at all levels to face any possible natural calamity like floods and drought situation. “In view of the predication of the India Meteorological Department of a normal Monsoon this year, chances of flooding would also be […]
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Bhubaneswar: A day after being named BJP Rajya Sabha candidate, Ashwini Vaishnav on Saturday formally joined the saffron party at the State headquarters here in the presence of party State unit president and Kalahandi MP Basanta Panda. BJD is also supporting the candidature of Vaishnav, a former Indian Administrative Service officer. He was the private […]
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Angul: A total of 237 girls, aged between 10-12 years, successfully honed their skills at numerous activities such as yoga, sports, English learning, digital literacy, leadership and environment studies in the 28-day long workshop jointly organised by NTPC Talcher Kaniha and NTPC Talcher Thermal power plants here. The residential workshop titled Girls’ Empowerment Mission (GEM) […]
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Bhubaneswar: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle on Friday, the Odisha Government transferred at least 22 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 10 Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers, including the Commissioner of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation and Collectors of nine districts. According to official notification, 2010-batch IAS officer and Kendrapara Collector Prem Chandra Chaudhary was posted as the […]
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Bhubaneswar: The ruling BJD in Odisha on Friday announced the names of BJD IT cell chief Amar Patnaik, party spokesperson Sasmit Patra and former IAS officer Aswini Baishnab as its candidates for by-elections to three Rajya Sabha seats in the State. Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik announced Patnaik, Patra and Baishnab’s names for the […]
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Bhubaneswar: Girls outshone boys in the Plus-II Arts, Commerce and Vocational streams, the results of which were declared by the Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) here on Friday. The overall pass percentage in Arts, Commerce and Vocational was 65.89%, 70.26%, and 52.62%, respectively. In Arts stream 94,881 girls (73.99%) have cleared the exam compared […]
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Bhubaneswar: The Higher Education Department has invited online applications from students for admission into degree colleges for Plus-III courses from June 24 (11 am). The e-admission process into Plus-III courses at all degree, (self-financing) and Sanskrit colleges across the State will start from June 24 for the academic Session 2019-20. While online application will be […]
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Bhubaneswar: To strengthen the disaster management capabilities of different stakeholders and also to test the preparedness at different levels, the Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) and Office of Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) jointly on Wednesday conducted mock exercises on flood and cyclone management across the State. As part of the exercises, a dummy warning […]
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Bhubaneswar: The State Government on Tuesday announced extension of the summer vacation in schools till June 25 in view of the prevailing heatwave conditions across Odisha. School and Mass Education Department Secretary Padipta Kumar Mohapatra said that all the schools, including privately run schools will now reopen on June 26. Earlier, schools were scheduled to […]
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Bhubaneswar: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar and Health and Family Welfare Department on Tuesday for providing free treatment under the State Government’s flagship Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY), which was launched on August 15 last year. Now, NSKY beneficiaries will get free medical […]
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